About this episode

This episode discusses the original story of Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm, contrasting it with the Disney adaptation.

The proper story of Cinderella, not the rubbish Disney forced down ya throat. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

People in this episode

Host: Ed Parnell

Topics covered

• fairy tales
• Cinderella
• Brothers Grimm
• storytelling
• literature

Keywords

• Cinderella
• Brothers Grimm
• fairy tales
• Disney
• story
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney

Books & works: Cinderella

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